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Today is The Internet's "Victor Meldrew Point"

Today is The Internet's "Victor Meldrew Point"

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Apr 26, 2023
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On the 4th January 1990, Scottish actor Richard Wilson first appeared as the exasperated pensioner Victor Meldrew on the UK sitcom “One Foot in the Grave”. Although he played a pensioner, Wilson was only fifty three. He was precisely 19,537 days old.

One Foot In The Grave's Victor Meldrew to return - British Comedy Guide
Victor Meldrew doesn’t believe it

So when you are 19,537 days old you have reached your “Victor Meldrew …

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